In a remarkable second half turnaround, Maurice Cheeks has the Sixers looking like a competitive young ball club. The Sixers had a 6 game home stand that they managed to run the table on. And this homestand hosted 5 west coast competitors including the Lakers and Suns. The Sixers rebounded the ball and played good defense. Sammy Dalembert pulled down double digit rebounds in all but one game of the win streak.
Andre Iguodala has been playing the role of superstar on the team averaging 25 points a game and grabbing his third triple double of the season against Seattle. He is complimented very well by the experience and passing skills of Andre Miller. Miller has been averaging 7.8 Assists and 13 Points per game during the winning streak.
Their latest win comes on the second night of a back to back, where they played Kobe and the Lakers in Philadelphia last night, and then had to play the Pacers in Indianapolis on tonight. Neither of those teams are piece of shit teams, either one can be dangerous on any given night. The Sixers outplayed both ball clubs and came out on top (although the Pacers were playing without Jermaine O'Neal and Jamaal Tinsley, which I'm sure improved the Sixers chances of keeping the streak alive). I'm also impressed that the Sixers managed to maintain the streak as the went on the road, until tonight in Indiana- all their games were at home.
Their next game is Tuesday in Atlanta. I think with a couple days rest, this red-hot Sixers team can really pull one out against the Hawks. But there is always a chance that the old ghosts of the inexperienced Sixers will come back to haunt them and break their beautiful streak against such a lameduck opponent as the Atlanta Hawks. I say go Sixers! Keep the streak Alive! 8 in a row baby!
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